In this episode of our Reel Stories series, we checked in with Jude Vause-Walsh.
Jude is a voiceover actor and coach.
Jude’s career started out after she completed her university degree, where she began carving out an acting career.
She landed some roles in small films and TV work and then she saw an advert looking for traffic and travel radio presenters. She applied and became a radio presenter for 15 years, working at Virgin Radio, Real Radio and Century Radio, in what is now known as Greatest Hits Radio.
She mainly worked on the Breakfast Show so had to have a regular 3am alarm clock set. However, she had plans to start a family, and wanted to adjust her work life to match her new life as a working mum, and voiceover work seemed like a natural fit.
In this episode we chart that journey, her favourite roles she’s done and ones she’s seen others perform, the stigma that can exist around voiceover work compared to on-screen work, the art of being a voiceover artist and the creative process behind inhabiting a character that no one can ‘see’.
We also talk about the mental health impact of seeing her clients thrive after working with her and landing voiceover work themselves.
For Jude’s mental health journey, we discuss the solitary life that comes with being a voiceover artist, her mother’s dementia which she was diagnosed with three years ago at time of recording, and Jude’s diagnosis of breast cancer five years ago, which was thankfully caught early, treated with surgery and she has recovered from it.
We discuss how the breast cancer has shaped her attitude towards gratitude and given her greater perspective on life, career and family.
As always, #itsokaytovent
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